Rush - Blue Devils MC Book 2 (Book 1 Included FREE for a short time only!) by Ashley Rhodes Page A
Authors: Ashley Rhodes
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Against your will.”
Hannah just stared at her in shock but even as she opened her mouth to protest it - Rush would never hurt me, never! - she realized that it was true. Rush hadn’t told anyone about the Chupa and the guy was well hidden under a pile of dirty laundry. Who knew how long it would be before the Chupa was found? It had just been instinctual - do what Rush thought was best. No matter how much of a jackass he was about the Blue Devils and Lain and Copper Lode, he would also lay down his life to protect the person he loved.
Or used to love.
She tried not to think very hard on that topic.
“This kinda fucked the Blue Devils, Hannah,” Ella said softly, drawing Hannah’s eyes back to her. Focusing on the present. On what to do now.
Oh God, what did she do now?
She stared at Ella, beautiful and warm and welcoming, and tried to come up with a plan. Some way to fix this. Goddamn it, I’m a schoolteacher, not an action-adventure heroine!
A small part of her was surprised by how intelligent Ella appeared to be. Unlike the Bimbos of the Day that Lain had dated their senior year, there was something about Ella that impressed Hannah right off the bat. She was self-confident; the kind of person that it felt natural to rely on.
“What if,” Ella said, slowly, feeling her way through the idea, “you called your father - only your dad is in the picture, right?” Hannah nodded, wondering where the hell this was going. “What if you called him and asked him to lie for you?” Hannah cocked an eyebrow, not wanting to reject the idea without hearing her out but really not liking where it was going.
Ella continued in a rush, wanting to get it out before Hannah could tell her no. “The Blue Devils can do a lot better in trying to find your students if they don’t have the police breathing down their necks every step of the way. They’re not bound by things like laws and shit,” she said with a grin and a casual wave of her hand in the air, brushing away those pesky laws. “Last time the Chupacabras kidnapped a bunch of little girls, they got off on a technicality.”
“Last time??” Hannah echoed in horror. “This happened before?!”
“Yes, and they got off because the police screwed up. Didn’t follow the proper procedures and the judge had to throw the whole case out. It was a royal fuck-up. The whole gang was deported back to Mexico and told to never come back, but…” She shrugged. “You can see how well that worked out.
“Anyway, the Blue Devils want to make sure that this time, they don’t get off scot free. But if the police are busy investigating the Blue Devils, then the Blue Devils won’t be able to investigate the kidnapping. Which is where the brilliance of my plan comes into play.” She grinned at Hannah in triumph and Hannah smiled back, unable to resist her enthusiasm and excitement, even if it was leading in a direction she really wasn’t sure she wanted to go.
“If you call your dad and convince him to lie to the police and the media for you and say that he arranged for you to be moved overnight because of security concerns and that he intentionally didn’t tell anyone because he wanted to keep it all a secret, then the police will have to back off and quit giving the Blue Devils the stink eye. Rush will be able to continue to protect you because obviously the police were doing a fucking awful job of it when they were in charge, so you definitely don’t want to go back to them, and the Blue Devils will be able to find those motherfucking Chupas and whomp their asses.”
She smiled triumphantly at Hannah, obviously pleased with herself and her plan. Hannah turned it over and over in her mind, trying to find the flaws in it, the reason why it was just the worst idea in the world, so she could go back to burying her head in the pillow and sleeping. Anything to avoid calling her dad and telling him that she was with Rush again. He was going to like that about as much as Lain
Hannah just stared at her in shock but even as she opened her mouth to protest it - Rush would never hurt me, never! - she realized that it was true. Rush hadn’t told anyone about the Chupa and the guy was well hidden under a pile of dirty laundry. Who knew how long it would be before the Chupa was found? It had just been instinctual - do what Rush thought was best. No matter how much of a jackass he was about the Blue Devils and Lain and Copper Lode, he would also lay down his life to protect the person he loved.
Or used to love.
She tried not to think very hard on that topic.
“This kinda fucked the Blue Devils, Hannah,” Ella said softly, drawing Hannah’s eyes back to her. Focusing on the present. On what to do now.
Oh God, what did she do now?
She stared at Ella, beautiful and warm and welcoming, and tried to come up with a plan. Some way to fix this. Goddamn it, I’m a schoolteacher, not an action-adventure heroine!
A small part of her was surprised by how intelligent Ella appeared to be. Unlike the Bimbos of the Day that Lain had dated their senior year, there was something about Ella that impressed Hannah right off the bat. She was self-confident; the kind of person that it felt natural to rely on.
“What if,” Ella said, slowly, feeling her way through the idea, “you called your father - only your dad is in the picture, right?” Hannah nodded, wondering where the hell this was going. “What if you called him and asked him to lie for you?” Hannah cocked an eyebrow, not wanting to reject the idea without hearing her out but really not liking where it was going.
Ella continued in a rush, wanting to get it out before Hannah could tell her no. “The Blue Devils can do a lot better in trying to find your students if they don’t have the police breathing down their necks every step of the way. They’re not bound by things like laws and shit,” she said with a grin and a casual wave of her hand in the air, brushing away those pesky laws. “Last time the Chupacabras kidnapped a bunch of little girls, they got off on a technicality.”
“Last time??” Hannah echoed in horror. “This happened before?!”
“Yes, and they got off because the police screwed up. Didn’t follow the proper procedures and the judge had to throw the whole case out. It was a royal fuck-up. The whole gang was deported back to Mexico and told to never come back, but…” She shrugged. “You can see how well that worked out.
“Anyway, the Blue Devils want to make sure that this time, they don’t get off scot free. But if the police are busy investigating the Blue Devils, then the Blue Devils won’t be able to investigate the kidnapping. Which is where the brilliance of my plan comes into play.” She grinned at Hannah in triumph and Hannah smiled back, unable to resist her enthusiasm and excitement, even if it was leading in a direction she really wasn’t sure she wanted to go.
“If you call your dad and convince him to lie to the police and the media for you and say that he arranged for you to be moved overnight because of security concerns and that he intentionally didn’t tell anyone because he wanted to keep it all a secret, then the police will have to back off and quit giving the Blue Devils the stink eye. Rush will be able to continue to protect you because obviously the police were doing a fucking awful job of it when they were in charge, so you definitely don’t want to go back to them, and the Blue Devils will be able to find those motherfucking Chupas and whomp their asses.”
She smiled triumphantly at Hannah, obviously pleased with herself and her plan. Hannah turned it over and over in her mind, trying to find the flaws in it, the reason why it was just the worst idea in the world, so she could go back to burying her head in the pillow and sleeping. Anything to avoid calling her dad and telling him that she was with Rush again. He was going to like that about as much as Lain
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